Lampshades and lampbases



Dec. 7, 1965 J. F. PETER LAMPSHADES AND LAMPBASES 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. '7, 1965 Dec. 7, 1965 J. F. PETER 3,222,517

LAMPSHADES AND LAMPBASES Filed Oct. 7, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 21 3O 51 I g United States Patent 3,222,517 LAMPSHADES AND LAMPBASES Joseph F. Peter, 411 Stanhope St, Brooklyn, N.Y. Filed Oct. 7, 1963, Ser. No. 314,221 Claims. (Cl. 240-108) This application is a continuation in part of my pending applications which are as follows: Lampshades and Lampbases, Serial No. 252,966, filed J an. 21, 1963; Lampshades and Lampbases, Serial No. 252,967, Filed Jan. 21, 1963; Lampshades and Lampbases, Serial No. 262,765, Filed March 4, 1963.

The following is the specification of this application:

This invention relates to improvements in lampshades and particularly to such lampshades which are adapted for homes and other interiors:

The principal objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of a collapsible lampshade construction with interchangeable lampshade attaching braces which attach the lampshade at several different heights to the lampbase; to provide a lampshade attaching socket construction which holds firmly the lampshade attaching braces in the sockets without the use of screws or other similar fastening means; to provide a frame attaching ear and a frame attaching socket system in which ear holding means hold the connected frames of the lampshade together; to provide a shade holder construction which holds the shade material and facilitates the interchanging of said material in the lampshade; and to provide an outside lightscreen construction which prevents the escape of light from the interior at the joint of the lampshade frames and gives an outside support to the lampshade.

FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of one form of the collapsible lampshade construction with one form of the lampshade attaching braces and lampshade attaching sockets.

FIG. 2 represents a perspective view of the same form of the collapsible lampshade construction as shown in FIG. 1, without the shade holder pins and with another form of the lampshade attaching braces.

FIG. 3 is a perspective inside view of a frame, showing the frame attaching ears and frame attaching sockets further the open center door of a lampshade attaching socket and a fragmentary part of a lampshade attaching brace.

FIG. 4 is a perspective inside view of a lampshade frame showing the open shade holder with the upper hinge ear and with a plurality of bottom hinges.

FIG. 5 is a vertical front view of a short shade holder pin with a finial ornament and another form of the short shade holder pin with a horizontal stop means.

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary section of one end of the lampshade frame showing the longitudinal frame attaching ear with the longitudinal ear holding means.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary section of the other end of the same frame illustrated in FIG. 6, showing the longitudinal frame attaching socket with the longitudinal ear holding means.

FIG. 8 is a horizontal perspective view of one form of three non-collapsible lampshade attaching braces.

FIG. 9 shows a horizontal perspective view the same form of the lampshade attaching braces as illustrated in FIG. 8 in collapsible form.

FIG. 10 is a horizonal perspective view of another form of three non-collapsible lampshade attaching braces.

FIG. 11 shows a horizontal perspective view the same form of the lampshade attaching braces as illustrated in FIG. 10 in collapsible form.

In the drawings is illustrated one embodiment of this invention adapted to be used in homes and other interiors, but it is to be expressly understood that this structure is adapted for use in connection with other kinds of lights and lampshades as well.

In the form shown in the drawings the lampshade which is designed to be made preferably of fiexible materials, comprises a plurality of lampshade frames 1, each frame having an opening 2 to be covered with a shade material passing light therethrough and a shade holder 3 surrounding said opening on one side of the frame to hold such shade material. Said shade holder 3 which is a substantially square shaped frame or rigid transparent plastic plate and the frame 1 are attached to each other with a plurality of bottom hinges 4 and 4A.

Each lampshade frame 1 having a plurality of spaced frame attaching ears 5 at one end and a plurality of spaced frame attaching sockets 6 at the other end. The frame attaching sockets 6 are open only at one side of the socket to receive the frame attaching ears 5. Each frame attaching ear 5 and each frame attaching socket 6 is provided with ear holding means, said ear holding means preferably consist of channel-shaped grooves and mating ribs, both having rounded edges for easier connection. The two opposite inner portions of the frame attaching sockets 6 are provided with vertical ear holding ribs 7 and each frame attach-ing ear 5 on its two outside portions is provided with vertical mating ear holding grooves 8. One side of each frame attaching ear, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, is partially open which provides said frame attaching ears with a spring-like function; said springlike function facilitates securing the ear holding ribs 7 together with the ear holding grooves 8.

The frame attaching ears 5 at one end of the frame are positioned opposite into the frame attaching sockets 6 at the other end of the adjacent frame 1 for connecting the separate frames 1 with each other in a square relationship. By pressing the frame attaching ears 5 into the frame attaching sockets 6, the ear holding ribs 7 snap into the channels of the ear holding grooves 8, thereby connecting the adjacent frames 1 firmly with each other.

The frame attaching ears 5 and the frame attaching sockets 6, as FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 illustrate, can be substituted with one longitudinal frame attaching ear 5B and one longitudinal frame attaching socket 68, respectively. The longitudinal frame attaching ear 5B and the longitudinal frame attaching socket 6B are provided with ear holding means preferably in the form of longitudinal ribs and longitudinal grooves.

Each longitudinal frame attaching socket 6B is provided longitudinally on the two opposite inner portions with vertical ear holding ribs 7B and each longitudinal frame attaching ear 5B is provided longitudinally on the two opposite outside portions with vertical ear holding grooves 8B.

One side of each longitudinal frame attaching ear 5B is partially open which provides said longitudinal frame attaching ear with a spring-like function; said springlike function facilitates securing the ear holding ribs 7B with the ear holding grooves 8B together.

The longitudinal frame attaching ear SE at one end of the frame is positioned opposite into the longitudinal frame attaching socket 6B at the other end of the adjacent frame 1 for connecting the separate frames 1 with each other in a square relationship. By pressing the longitudinal frame attaching ear 5B into the longitudinal frame attaching socket 6B, the longitudinal ear holding ribs 7B snap into the channels of the longitudinal ear holding grooves 8B, securing the adjacent frames 1 together with each other. The top and bottom part of the longitudinal frame attaching ear 5B is supported and kept in place in the longitudinal frame attaching socket 6B by the upper and lower ear supporting means 6C.

All of the frames 1 are exactly alike and the frame attaching ears 5 and 5B and the frame attaching sockets 6 and 6B are so formed that said frames may be connected end to end in interchangeable relation.

It will be understood that certain sizes of said frames may require different ear holding means from that shown in the form of the ear holding means 7, 7B, 8 and 8B and the form of said ear holding means may be varied within the scope of the invention.

Each shade holder 3 is provided with a clasp means 12 and by pressing said shade holder against the frame 1, the clasp means 12 on the top of said shade holders snaps into the clasp means 12A on the upper horizontal brim 16 of the frame 1, thereby connecting the shade holder 3 with said frame and providing said shade holder with an initial support. Of course it is understood that one or more of said clasp means may be utilized.

The continuous side walls 6A of the frame attaching sockets 6 and longitudinal frame attaching socket 6B, respectively, having at one end a slightly raised longitudinal supporting ear 11. By connecting the frames 1 with each other said supporting ear 11 slides on the shade holder 3 pressing longitudinally one vertical end of said shade holder with the shade material against the opposite vertical end of the frame 1.

The other vertical end of the shade holder 3 is provided with an upper hinge ear 9. When the frames 1 are connected with each other, a short shade holder pin 10, as shown in FIG. 5, is disposed through the upper hinge ear 9 and the upper ear supporting means 60, securing the upper end of said shade holder 3 to the frame 1.

Each shade holder pin 10 is provided with a finial which finial serves as a handle and simultaneously decorates the four corners of the lampshade. Said fiinial can be substituted with a horizontal stop means 13A and the movement of said shade holder pins 10 is stopped by the narrow brim 13 and by the stop means 13A, respectively.

Said shade holder pins 10, as FIG. 2 illustrates, can be omitted and substituted with additional clasp means 12 and 12A.

The frames 1 are provided longitudinally at one end with an outside light screen 14 which light screen is a slight angular extension of one end of said frame. When the two adjacent frames 1 are connected with each other, said outside light screen 14 slides on the vertical end of the adjacent frame 1 in a position corresponding with the square shape of the lampshade and covers longitudinally the joint of said frames, preventing the escape of light from the interior of the lampshade at the joint of the frames 1.

The assembled lampshade is attached to the lampbase with a single lampshade attaching brace which brace has two basic forms and in each form said brace can be made up either in one piece as FIG. 8 and FIG. 10 illustarte, or in three parts as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 11. Each of said lampshade attaching braces can be used interchangeably and each of the three braces, illustrated in FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10 and in FIG. 11, attach the lampshade at a different height to the lampbase.

It is understood that said lampshade attaching braces can be used not only as a unit with the present invention, but also in connection with other lampshades as separate components.

The brace attaching means 20, A, 27 and 27A which are the end portions of the lampshade attaching braces, and the lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A are formed in an elongated shape, providing thereby the lampshade attaching braces and the lampshade with the required balance.

Each of the lampshade attaching sockets 21 is cut open vertically at both ends of said sockets, forming thereby a center door 22 and providing said center door which opens vertically with a spring-like flexibility.

By inserting two of the grace attaching means 20, 20A, 27 and 27A, respectively, into the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets 21, the lampshade attaching brace is connected with the lampshade. To prevent said brace attaching means from slipping out from the lampshade attaching sockets 21, each of said brace attaching means having at one end a brace holding means, preferably in the form of a horizontal groove 31 and each of the center doors 22, as FIG. 2 shows, having at one end a brace holding means, preferably in the form of a horizontal rib 32.

By lifting slightly the lower end of the center door 22 and inserting said brace attaching means into the lampshade attaching sockets 21 and then releasing said center door, the horizontal rib 32 of said flexible center door snaps into the horizontal groove 31 of said brace attaching means 20, 29A, 27 and 27A, respectively, securing the brace attaching means with said sockets firmly together. Said brace attaching means can be removed from said sockets only by lifting the lower end of the center door 22.

In the other form of the lampshade attaching sockets, as shown in FIG. 3, each of the lampshade attaching sockets 21A is provided with a center door 22A which center door locks the brace attaching means 20, 20A, 27 and 27A, respectively, into said lampshade attaching sockets. Said center door 22A is attached to the lampshade attaching socket 21A at one end with a plurality of hinges 33 and 33A and at the other end with a plurality of clasp means 34 and 34A.

The center door 22A is provided with brace holding means, preferably in the form of a horizontal rib 32A and each of said brace attaching means is provided at one end with brace holding means, preferably in the form of a horizontal groove 31.

Said brace attaching means 20, 20A, 27 and 27A can only be inserted into the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets 21A by first opening the center doors 22A. After the insertion of the two brace attaching means into the two lampshade attaching sockets 21A, the center doors 22A should be closed, whereby the horizontal rib 32A of said center door penetrates horizontally into the horizontal grooves 31 of the brace attaching means, locking said brace attaching means into said lampshade attaching sockets. The brace attaching means can be removed from said sockets only by the opening of the center doors 22A.

The brace attaching means 20, 20A, 27 and 27A in the lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A are provided with a double support, being supported horizontally by the horizontal ribs 32 and 32A, respectively, and vertically by the two vertical ends of the lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A, respectively.

The lampshade attaching braces which attach the lampshade to the lampbase have four different forms.

FIG. 8 shows one form of the lampshade attaching braces made up in one piece, comprising a substantially horizontal base plate 17 with a central hole 30. Said base plate extends substantially vertically upward at both ends forming the height regulating means 18. Both ends of said height regulating means extend further substantially horizontally outward forming the shadow eliminating means 19 and both ends of said shadow eliminating means extend vertically upward forming the elongated brace attaching means 20. Said brace attaching means being positioned into the two opposite facing elongated lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A, respectively, thereby connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole 30 of the base plate 17 with the lampbase.

FIG. 9 shows the same form of the lampshade attaching braces, as shown in FIG. 8, but each of the illustrated three braces is made up in three parts. Each of said lampshade attaching braces comprising a substantially horizontal base plate 17A with a central hole 30, both ends of said base plate extending substantially vertically upward forming at each end a brace socket 23. Two separate arm extending means each bent at one end substantially vertically downward forming the height regulating means 24. Said height regulating means are positioned into said brace sockets 23, for connecting said brace sockets with said arm extending means. The upper end of both height regulating means 24 extending substantially horizontally outward forming the shadow eliminating means 19A and said shadow eliminating means extend vertically upward at both ends forming the elongated brace attaching means 20A. Said brace attaching means are positioned into the two opposite facing elongated lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A, respectively, thereby connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole 30 of the base plate 17A with the lampbase.

FIG. shows another form of the lampshade attaching braces. Each of the illustrated three braces is made up in one piece. Said lampshade attaching braces comprising a substantially horizontal short base plate 25 with a central hole 30. Both ends of said base plate are bent upwardly forming at each end an arm 26, said arms extending to the lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A, respectively, forming at both ends vertically upward the elongated brace attaching means 27. Said brace attaching means are positioned into the two opposite facing elongated lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A, respectively, thereby connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole 30 of the base plate 25 with the lampbase.

FIG. 11 shows the same form of the lampshade attaching braces as shown in FIG. 10, but each of the braces illustrated in FIG. 11 is made up in three parts. Said lampshade attaching braces comprising a substantially horizontal short base plate 25A with a central hole 30. Both ends of said base plate are turned slightly upward at a low degree of angle forming at each end a brace socket 28 and each of said brace sockets receiving the end portion of a separate arm extension 29 for connecting said brace sockets with said arm extensions. These arm extensions, as shown in FIG. 11, may extend from the brace sockets 28 either at the same degree of angle as said brace sockets or at a higher degree of angle. Said :arm extensions 29 extend to the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A, respectively, and end vertically upwand forming the elongated brace attaching means 27A. Said two brace attaching means are positioned into the two opposite facing elongated lampshade attaching sockets 21 and 21A, respectively, thereby connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole 30 of the base plate 25A with the lampbase.

In one form of said lampshade attaching braces, as illustrated in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the height of the lampshade on the lampbase is regulated by the extended or reduced height of the vertical height regulating means 18 and 24, respectively, the proper length of the horizontal shadow eliminating means 19 and 19A, respectively, prevents any shadow casting on the lampshade from the interior by the lampshade attaching brace.

In the other form of said lampshade attaching braces, as illustrated in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the height of the lampshade on the lampbase is regulated by the extent of the degree of angle of the two upwardly turned arms 26 and arm extensions 29, respectively.

To disassemble the lampshade the previously described assembling process should be reversed.

It is understood that this lampshade may be round as well as rectangular and embody substantially the same construction except for the change in configuration.

Although but one specific embodiment of the invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A collapsible lampshade, comprising a plurality of frames each having an opening to be covered with a shade material passing light therethrough, a shade holder surrounding one side of said opening for holding such material and attached to said frame with a plurality of bottom hinges, each frame having a plurality of spaced frame attaching ears at one end and a plurality of spaced frame attaching sockets at the other end, each of said frame attaching ears and each of said frame attaching sockets are provided with car holding means, the frame attaching ears at one end being positioned opposite into the frame attaching sockets at the other end for connecting such frames with each other and said ear holding means securing the connected frame attaching ears and frame attaching sockets together, the side walls of the frame attaching sockets having at one end thereof a longitudinal supporting ear for supporting one end of the shade holder when the frames are connected, each shade holder having an upper hinge ear, said upper hinge ear being connected 'with the upper ear supporting means and a short shade holder pin is disposed through said upper hinge ear and through said upper ear supporting means, thereby securing said shade holder with the frame together, an outside light screen at one end of each frame sliding on the other end of the adjacent frame when said frames are connected for preventing the escape of light at the joint of the lampshade frames, a lampshade attaching brace connecting the lampshade with the lampbase, said brace comprising a substantially horizontal short base plate with a central hole, both ends of said base plate are bent upwardly forming at each end an arm, said arms extending upward to the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets and the degree of angle of said arms regulating the height of the lampshade on the lampbase, both of said arms ending vertically upward forming the eloganted brace attaching means, said brace attaching means being positioned into the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets for connecting said brace attaching means with said sockets, each of said sockets is cut open vertically at both ends for forming a flexible center door, each of said center doors and each of said brace attaching means having at one end a brace holding means for securing said brace attaching means with the center doors of said sockets together and connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lamzpshade through the central hole of the base plate with the lampbase.

2. A collapsible lampshade, comprising a plurality of frames each having an opening to be covered with a shade material passing light therethrough, a shade holder surrounding one side of said opening for holding such material and attached to said frame with a plurality of bottom hinges, each frame having a plurality of spaced frame attaching ears at one end and a plurality of spaced frame attaching sockets at the other end, each of said frame attaching ears and each of said frame attaching sockets are provided with ear holding means, the frame attaching cars at one end being positioned opposite into the frame attaching sockets at the other end for connecting such frames with each other and said ear holding means securing the connected frame attaching ears and frame attaching sockets together, the side walls of the frame attaching sockets having at one end thereof a longitudinal supporting ear for supporting one end of the shade holder when the frames are connected, each shade holder having an upper hinge ear, said upper hinge ear being connected with the upper ear supporting means and a short shade holder pin is disposed through said upper hinge ear and through said upper ear supporting means, thereby securing said shade holder with the frame together, an outside light screen at one end of each frame sliding on the other end of'the adjacent frame when said frames are connected for preventing the escape of light at the joint of the lampshade frames, a lampshade attaching brace connecting the lampshade with the lampbase, said brace comprising a substantially horizontal base plate with a central hole, both ends of said base plate extending substantially vertically upward forming the height regulating means for regulating the height of the lampshade on the lampbase, said height regulating means extending at both ends substantially horizontally outward forming the shadow eliminating vmeans for eliminating casted shadows from the interior, said shadow eliminating means extending vertically upward at both ends forming the elongated brace attaching means, said brace attaching means being positioned into the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets for connecting said brace attaching means with said lampshade attaching sockets, each of said sockets are cut open vertically at both ends for forming a flexible center door, each of said center doors and each of said brace attaching means having at one end a brace holding means for securing said brace attaching means with the center doors of said sockets together and connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole of the base plate with the lampbase.

3. A collapsible lampshade, comprising a plurality of frames each having an opening to be covered with a shade material passing light therethrough, a shade holder surrounding one side of said opening for holding such material and attached to said frame with a plurality of bottom hinges, each frame having a plurality of spaced frame attaching cars at one end and a plurality of spaced frame attaching sockets at the other end, each of said frame attaching ears and each of said frame attaching sockets are provided with ear holding means, the frame attaching cars at one end being positioned opposite into the frame attaching sockets at the other end for connecting such frames with each other and said ear holding means securing the connected frame attaching ears and frame attaching sockets together, the side walls of the frame attaching sockets having at one end thereof a longitudinal supporting ear for supporting one end of the shade holder when the frames are connected, each shade holder having an upper hinge ear, said upper hinge ear being connected with the upper ear supporting means and a short shade holder pin is disposed through said upper hinge ear and through said upper ear supporting means, thereby securing said shade hold-er with the frame together, an outside light screen at one end of each frame sliding on the other end of the adjacent frame when said frames are connected for preventing the escape of light at the joint of the lampshade frames, a lampshade attaching brace connecting the lampshade with the lampbase, said brace comprising a substantially horizontal base plate with a central hole, both ends of said base plate extending substantially vertically upward forming at each end a brace socket, two separate arm extending means each bent at one end substantially vertically downward forming the height regulating means for regulating the height of the lampshade on the lampbase, said height regulating means are positioned into said brace sockets for connecting said brace sockets with said arm extending means, the upper end of both height regulating means extending substantially horizontally outward forming the shadow eliminating means for eliminating casted shadows from the interior, said shadow eliminating means extend upward at both ends vertically forming the elongated brace attaching means, said brace attaching means being postioned into the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets for connecting said brace attaching means with said lampshade attaching sockets, each of said sockets having a center door, said center doors are attached to said lampshade attaching sockets with a plurality of hinges at one end and with a plurality of clasp means at the other end, each of said center doors and each of said brace attaching means having at one end a brace holding means for securing said brace attaching means and said center doors of the lampshade attaching sockets together and connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole of the base plate with the la-mpbase.

4; A collapsible lampshade, comprising a plurality of frames each having an opening to be covered with a shade material passing light therethrough, a shade holder surrounding one side of said opening for holding such'material and attached to said frame with a plurality of bottom hinges, each frame having a longitudinal frame attaching ear at one end and a longitudinal frame attaching socket at the other end, each longitudinal frame attaching ear and each longitudinal frame attaching socket is provided with car holding means, the longitudinal frame attaching car at one end being positioned opposite into the longitudinal frame attaching socket at the other end for connecting such frames with each other and said ear holding means securing the connected longitudinal frame attach ing ear with the longitudinal frame attaching socket together, the side walls of the longitudinal frame attaching socket having at one end a longitudinal supporting ear for supporting one end of the shade holder when the frames are connected, each shade holder having an upper hinge ear, said upper hinge ear being connected with the upper ear supporting means and a short shade holder pin disposed through said upper hinge ear and through the upper ear supporting means, thereby securing said shade holder with the frame tog-ether, an outside light screen at one end of each frame sliding on the other end of the adjacent frame when said frames are connected for preventing the escape of light at the joint of the lampshade frames, a lampshade attaching brace connecting the lampshade with the lampbase, said brace comprising a substantially horizontal short base plate with a central hole, both ends of said base plate are bent upwardly forming at each end an arm, said arms extending upward to the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets and the degree of angle of said arms regulating the height of the lampshade on the lampbase, said arms ending vertically upward forming the elongated brace attaching means, said brace attaching means being positioned into the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets for connecting said brace attaching means with said sockets, each of said sockets is cut open vertically at both ends for forming a flexible center door, each of said center doors and each of said brace attaching means having at one end a brace holding means for securing said brace attaching means with the center doors of said sockets together and connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole of the base plate with the lampbase.

5. A collapsible lampshade, comprising a plurality of frames each having an opening to be covered with a shade material passing light therethrough, a shade holder surrounding one side of said opening for holding such material and attached to said frame with a plurality of bottom hinges, each frame having a longitudinal frame attaching car at one end and a longitudinal frame attaching socket at the other end, each longitudinal frame attaching ear and each longitudinal frame attaching socket is provided with ear holding means, the longitudinal frame attaching ear at one end being positioned opposite into the longitudinal frame attaching socket at the other end for connecting such frames with each other and said ear holding means securing the connected longitudinal frame attaching ear with the longitudinal frame attaching socket together, the side walls of the longitudinal frame attaching socket having at one end a longitudinal supporting ear for supporting one end of the shade holder when the frames are connected, each shade holder having an upper hinge ear, said upper hinge ear being connected with the upper ear supporting means and a short shade holder pin disposed through said upper hinge ear and through the upper ear supporting means, thereby securing said shade holder with the frame together, an outside light screen at one end of each frame sliding on the other end of the adjacent frame when said frames are connected for preventing the escape of light at the joint of the lampshade frames, a lampshade attaching brace connecting the lampshade with the lampbase, said brace comprising a substantially horizontal short base plate with a central hole, both ends of said base plate are turned slightly upward at a low degree of angle forming at each end a brace socket, each of said brace sockets receiving the end portion of a separate arm extension for connecting said brace sockets with said arm extensions, these arm extensions may extend from the brace sockets either at the same degree of angle as said brace sockets or at a higher degree of angle and the degree of angle of said arm extensions regulating the height of the lampshade on the lampbase, said arm extensions extending upward to the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets and ending vertically upward forming the elongated brace attaching means, said brace attaching means being positioned into the two opposite facing lampshade attaching sockets for connecting said brace attaching means with said sockets, each of said sockets is cut open vertically at both ends for forming a flexible center door, each of said center doors and each of said brace attaching means having at one end a brace holding means for securing said brace attaching means with the center doors of said lampshade attaching sockets together and connecting the lampshade attaching brace and the lampshade through the central hole of the base plate with the lampbase.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,586,577 6/1926 Raitt 240l08 2,496,482 2/1950 Madan et a1. 240-108 2,829,245 4/1958 Levings 240lO8 2,834,875 5/1958 Grohskopf 240108 NORTON ANSHER, Primary Examiner. 

1. A COLLAPSIBLE LAMPSHADE, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FRAMES EACH HAVING AN OPENING TO BE COVERED WITH A SHADE MATERIAL PASSING LIGHT THERETHROUGH, A SHADE HOLDER SURROUNDING ONE SIDE OF SAID OPENING FOR HOLDING SUCH MATERIAL AND ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME WITH A PLURALITY OF BOTTOM HINGES, EACH FRAME HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED FRAME ATTACHING EARS AT ONE END AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED FRAME ATTACHING SOCKETS AT THE OTHER END, EACH OF SAID FRAME ATTACHING EARS AND EACH OF SAID FRAME ATTACHING SOCKETS ARE PROVIDED WITH EAR HOLDING MEANS, THE FRAME ATTACHING EARS AT ONE END BEING POSITIONED OPPOSITE INTO THE FRAME ATTACHING SOCKETS AT THE OTHER END FOR CONNECTING SUCH FRAMES WITH EACH OTHER AND SAID EAR HOLDING MEANS SECURING THE CONNECTED FRAME ATTACHING EARS AND FRAME ATTACHING SOCKETS TOGETHER, THE SIDE WALLS OF THE FRAME ATTACHING SOCKETS HAVING AT ONE END THEREOF A LONGITUDINAL SUPPORTING EAR FOR SUPPORTING ONE END OF THE SHADE HOLDER WHEN THE FRAMES ARE CONNECTED, EACH SHADE HOLDER HAVING AN UPPER HINGE EAR, SAID UPPER HINGE EAR BEING CONNECTED WITH THE UPPER EAR SUPPORTING MEANS AND A SHORT SHADE HOLDER PIN IS DISPOSED THROUGH SAID UPPER HINGE EAR AND THROUGH SAID UPPER EAR SUPPORTING MEANS, THEREBY SECURING SAID SHADE HOLDER WITH THE FRAME TOGETHER, AN OUTSIDE LIGHT SCREEN AT ONE END OF EACH FRAME SLIDING ON THE OTHER END OFF THE ADJACENT FRAME WHEN SAID FRAMES ARE CONNECTED FOR PREVENTING THE ESCAPE OF LIGHT AT THE JOINT OF THE LAMPSHADE FRAMES, A LAMPSHADE ATTACHING BRACE CONNECTING THE LAMPSHADE WITH THE LAMPBASE, SAID BRACE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL SHORT BASE PLATE WITH A CENTRAL HOLE, BOTH ENDS OF SAID BASE PLATE ARE BENT UPWARDLY FORMING AT EACH END AN ARM, SAID ARMS EXTENDING UPWARD TO THE TWO OPPOSITE FACING LAMPSHADE ATTACHING SOCKETS AND THE DEGREE OF ANGLE OF SAID ARMS REGULATING THE HEIGHT OF THE LAMPSHADE ON THE LAMPBASE, BOTH OF SAID ARMS ENDING VERTICALLY UPWARD FORMING THE ELONGATED BRACE ATTACHING MEANS, SAID BRACE ATTACHING MEANS BEING POSITIONED INTO THE TWO OPPOSITE FACING LAMPSHADE ATTACHING SOCKETS FOR CONNECTING SAID BRACE ATTACHING MEANS WITH SAID SOCKETS, EACH OF SAID SOCKETS IS CUT OPEN VERTICALLY AT BOTH ENDS FOR FORMING A FLEXIBLE CENTER DOOR, EACH OF SAID CENTER DOORS AND EACH OF SAID BRACE ATTACHING MEANS HAVING AT ONE END A BRACE HOLDING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BRACE ATTACHING MEANS WITH THE CENTER DOORS OF SAID SOCKETS TOGETHER AND CONNECTING THE LAMPSHADE ATTACHING BRACE AND THE LAMPSHADE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HOLE OF THE BASE PLATE WITH THE LAMPBASE. 